Disappointed Tourist
Ellen Harvey

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OK House

Kilkenny, Ireland Closed The OK House is located at 63 High Street in Kilkenny and used to be the site of Griffin Newsagents. It is currently home to the NCBI Charity Shop. The painting is based on an uncredited vintage photograph. Submitted by Anon.

Old Man of the Mountain

Franconia, New Hampshire, USA Collapsed 2003 For me the collapse of the Old Man of the Mountain represented a poignant intersection of historical and geologic time. The attempt to affix the human image to the landscape became in this case a demonstration of our impermanence as a species. Mark M. Here is an idea for […]

Olive Grove

Taqou, Palestine Bulldozed 2019 Of the many tragedies of the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, the one that is often forgotten are the trees. When the Israeli government takes Palestinian olive groves to make illegal settlements or re-draw the map, swallowing up more and more territory, they often just draw a line through a […]

Olympic Ski Jump

Kyiv, Ukraine Demolished The jump in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv located in a park next to the Olympic Stadium. But the most special with this jump is its in run tower which stands free and is just held by small cables – a worldwide unique con­struc­tion. Unfortunately, the hill used to be an example of the […]

Palace of Be’al Geubri

Yeah, Ethiopia Ruined  It shouldn’t be forgotten. Anon. The Palace of Be’al Geubri (Grat Be’al Geubri) was built in the 8th century BC in Yeah, the first capital city of Ethiopia. It was a multi-storey palace, constructed in wood-stone architecture. It is the largest known timber-framed building in East Africa and South Arabia and the oldest […]

Palace of Depression

Pace of Depression

Vineland, New Jersey, USA Destroyed I love visionary architecture and I love the idea of taking things that people have cast off and making something beautiful with them. The builder, George Daynor, was something of a cast-off himself, and building the Palace seemed to be a transformational experience of renewal for him. My favorite feature […]

The Parthenon

Athens, Greece Damaged and looted 1803 I think the Elgin Marbles should be returned to complete the Parthenon.  Tobias C.   Also requested by Dillon C. The Parthenon was a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena located on the Acropolis in Athens. Construction took place between 447 BC and 438 BC, although decoration of the building continued afterwards. It […]

Paulinerkirche

Augustplatz, Leipzig, German Demolished 1968 During our student days from 1957 to 1963 we were members of the Leipzig University Choir (“Unichor”), whose home was the University Church of St. Pauli. In addition to smaller musical tasks in the university services and the cultivation of the works of Heinrich Schütz, the motets, oratorios and passions […]

Philadelphia Art Club

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Demolished Submitted by Anon. The Art Club of Philadelphia, generally known as the Philadelphia Art Club, was a club founded in 1887 to “advance the knowledge and love of the Fine Arts.” 27-year-old Frank Miles Day won the competition to design its building in 1888.It functioned as a social hub for member artists […]

Powerscourt House

County Wicklow, Ireland Burned 1974 I gave the submission for Powerscourt House because I would have loved to have seen the paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds that were lost to the tragic fire in 1974. In particular these paintings had once been loaned to Sir Hugh Lane at one time for an exhibition and a letter […]

Rainbow Warrior

A painting of the Greenpeace ship, The Rainbow Warrior, blown up by French Special Forces, by artist Ellen Harvey for her project The Disappointed Tourist

Regent Cinema

Kilkenny, Ireland Closed 1998 & Demolished The classic! Anon. The Regent Cinema was a theater in Kilkenny City that opened in 1947 as the “New Cinema.” It was renamed the “Regent in 1951 and closed in 1998. It was demolished a year later and replaced with a block of flats and a clinic.

Robin Hood Gardens

London, England, UK Partially demolished 2017  Requested by Daniel A. Robin Hood Gardens is a residential estate in Poplar, London. It was designed in the late 1960s by architects Alison and Peter Smithson and completed in 1972. It was built as a council housing estate and was notable for its “streets in the sky” design.  The building fell […]

Salem Oak

Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, New Jersey, USA Fallen I discovered this historic 600 Year old White Oak Tree on one of my explorations of historic sites. I was amazed at its history and size. Sitting among tombstones dating back to the 1700’s & 1800’s. It was said that Revolutionary Soldiers would sit under the […]

Shell Garden by Sidney Dowdeswell

Hindlip, Worcestershire, England, UK Demolished 1980s There is a film about the shell garden. It’s this clip that stuck in my mind. I saw it as a child. He’d spent 40 years on it in 1962. It also demonstrates the possibilities of cement. You can mould concrete like jelly when you know how. The porcelain […]

Teufelsberg Listening Station

Berlin, Germany Closed 1992 I visited Teufelsberg a long time ago, can’t remember much of the visit. Only remember that in the big dome there were a group of teenagers smoking weed, it was a really strange atmosphere. Andre Requested By Mira O. Teufelsberg (trans. Devil’s Hill) is a non-natural hill in Berlin created out of […]

Tholsel Bar

Kilkenny, Ireland Closed 2020 Kilkenny lost a true gentleman in Benji Lawlor. Anon The Tholsel was a bar located at the Parade end of Kilkenny’s High Street. Named after Kilkenny’s Tholsel building, the Tholsel Bar was almost as famous as its owner, the late Brendan ‘Benji’ Lawlor. Mr Lawlor, who was indelibly linked with Kilkenny […]